Ask a Stupid Question Day Ask a Stupid Question Day was created by a collection of teachers who wanted to make children feel encouraged to ask more questions in the classroom. Just remember that there is never such a thing as a Stupid Question, after all the only stupid question is the one not asked.… Continue reading Ask a Stupid Question Day
Author: Average Joe
Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.
National POW / MIA Recognition Day
National POW/MIA Recognition Day Did you know that nearly 81,000 American service members still remain missing after having served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts involving the U.S. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has worked to recover 127 service members in 2023. That is 88 members that were… Continue reading National POW / MIA Recognition Day
Optimus Prime Day
Optimus Prime Day September 7th is a day that Transformers fans, adopted as it is a somber occasion commemorating the death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). According to many fans, that was one of the best fights in Transformer’s history. Optimus Prime is a fictional character created by the Transformers franchise. He is a Cybertronian,… Continue reading Optimus Prime Day
Patriot Day
Patriot Day Patriot Day on September 11th honors the memory of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Each year Americans dedicate this day to remembering those who died and the first responders who risked their own lives to save others. We RememberFor many, September 11, 2001, began… Continue reading Patriot Day
National Suicide Prevention Day – 2024
National Suicide Prevention Day The 10th of September each year aims to focus attention on the issue, reduces stigma and raises awareness among organizations, governments, and the public, giving a singular message that suicides are preventable. National 24/7 Resources:Military OneSource: 1-800-342-9647National Suicide and Crisis Line: 988Veterans’ Military Crisis Line: 988, Press 1DoD Safe Helpline: 877-995-5247… Continue reading National Suicide Prevention Day – 2024
World Suicide Prevention Day 2024
World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. The International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) collaborates with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the… Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Day 2024
National Suicide Prevention Week 2024
National Suicide Prevention Week September 10 – 16, 2023 is National Suicide Prevention Week – The life you save could be your own. National Suicide Prevention Week is the Monday through Sunday surrounding World Suicide Prevention Day. It’s a time to share resources and stories, as well as promote suicide prevention awareness. National 24/7 Resources:Military… Continue reading National Suicide Prevention Week 2024
Google Commemoration Day
Google Commemoration Day On September 7th we commemorate the Google Search Engine. Sometime in January of 1996, Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page began a research project. This project involved creating a search engine called BackRub, this project would turn out to be the origin of what we now know as Google.… Continue reading Google Commemoration Day
My Memories of General Al Gray
My Memories of General Al Gray When I was in boot camp in the early part of 1988, I first heard about how the current CMC (Commandant of the Marine Corps) is a real hard ass. He was a Marine’s Marine and change was in the air. I knew nothing about how things were done… Continue reading My Memories of General Al Gray
Motrin – A.K.A. Grunt Candy
Motrin – A.K.A. Grunt Candy This my friends is what in the Marine Corps we called ‘Grunt Candy’. I, like many Marines pretty much lived on this shit for years while I was on active duty, 6 tablets a day for 4-6 years at least, if not more. I’m sure, today my liver thanks me.… Continue reading Motrin – A.K.A. Grunt Candy
